Recipe of the day: One-pot seafood rice

Put a little effort in preparing supper tonight by creating this one-pot seafood rice dish for yourself and family.

Get your loved ones to help in the preparations in cooking this meal to make it a quicker, more fun and enjoyable experience.

Add your other favourite seafood to this dish, or remove any of the seafood which you or your family do not prefer.

One-pot seafood rice

Ingredients

• 200g of sausage, diced
• 450g of shrimp
• 450g of frozen crawfish tails thaw and reserve the liquid
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 1 diced onion
• 1 diced bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons of Cajun seasoning
• 1 tablespoon of mixed herbs
• 1 tablespoon of onion powder
• 1 tablespoon of garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon of liquid crab and shrimp boil
• 3 cups of chicken stock
• 2 cups of jasmine rice
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• Chopped green onion to garnish

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Instructions

1. In a Dutch oven or stockpot, heat the olive oil.
2. Add in the sausage and sauté until browned and drippings are released.
3. Remove sausage from the pot and reserve.
4. Thaw the crawfish and drain the orange liquid (fat) off of the tails. Reserve the liquid for later.
5. Add in the shrimp and crawfish into the pot.
6. Sprinkle the seafood with 1 tablespoon of the Cajun seasoning.
7. Sauté until shrimp are completely cooked. Do not overcook the crawfish.
8. Remove shrimp and crawfish. Add them to the reserved sausage; set aside.
9. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter into the pot.
10. Once the butter melts, add in the onion and bell pepper.
11. Sauté until slightly caramelised; about 2-3 mins.
12. Add in the garlic and sauté for 30 secs.
13. Pour in the reserved crawfish fat, chicken stock and liquid crab and shrimp boil.
14. Bring the stock to a simmer.
15. Stir in the remaining butter, Cajun seasoning, mixed herbs, onion powder and garlic powder.
16. Taste and add salt/pepper as needed.
17. Bring the mixture to a boil.
18. Stir in the rice.
19. Lower the heat and cover the pot with the lid.
20. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until the water has evaporated and rice is completely cooked.
21. Return the sausage, shrimp, and crawfish to the pot.
22. Stir and fluff until sausage and seafood is reheated.
23. Garnish with chopped green onions and enjoy.

This recipe was found on coopcancook.com